[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2619 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2619

    To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that law 
enforcement personnel charged with security functions at Department of 
   Veterans Affairs medical centers receive active shooter training.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 2011

Mr. Rooney (for himself and Mr. Deutch) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
    To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that law 
enforcement personnel charged with security functions at Department of 
   Veterans Affairs medical centers receive active shooter training.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Veterans Affairs Active Shooter 
Training Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING FOR PERSONNEL RESPONSIBLE FOR SECURITY 
              AT DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTERS.

    The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish policies and 
promulgate guidelines to ensure that law enforcement personnel charged 
with security functions at Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
centers receive active shooter training, as described in finding 4.3 of 
the Department of Defense document entitled ``Protecting the Force: 
Lessons from Fort Hood''.
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